<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2Yo8Pk_0vjEU4n000" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2Yo8Pk_0vjEU4n000" width="790" height="527" ></figure>Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify changing plans for the 97th Street and Metcalf Avenue redevelopment area. Plans for a new location in Johnson County have officially kicked off.Construction has begun on a new cafe for the Missouri-based chain in Overland Park.Panera officials did not immediately respond to Post inquiries about the opening date for the new restaurant.Panera will operate near 97th Street and Metcalf Avenue<ul><li>The restaurant will occupy the northeast corner of 97th Street and Metcalf Avenue, near Chick-fil-A.</li><li>The chain’s menu features items like sandwiches, salads, pastries and coffee drinks.</li><li>The roughly 3,500-square-foot restaurant comes as part of an overarching redevelopment plan to the Overland Park site, which used to be home to the Metcalf South Shopping Center.</li><li>A Sears department store also used to occupy the site, before it was demolished in 2022.</li></ul><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0xXigR_0vjEU4n000" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0xXigR_0vjEU4n000" width="790" height="527" ><figcaption>Photo via Panera website.</figcaption></figure>This marks the 14th Panera in Overland Park<ul><li>The Missouri-based company already has five locations in Overland Park.</li><li>In addition to Overland Park, Panera also has locations in Lenexa, Olathe, Leawood, Prairie Village, Shawnee and Mission.</li><li>Across the state line, Panera has six locations in Kansas City, Missouri.</li></ul>More new businesses are coming nearby<ul><li>Coffee chain Dutch Bros plans to build a new drive-thru coffee shop near 97th Street and Metcalf Avenue.</li><li>An opening date has not yet been announced for Dutch Bros — as those plans are still in the early stages, according to representatives with the Oregon-based company.</li><li>Additionally, the Overland Park City Council also recently narrowly approved a rezoning for more than 300 apartments at the corner, nixing previous plans to build a fitness center at the site.</li></ul>Want more food and drink news? First Watch nears latest JoCo opening, this one in Lenexa</div></body>

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Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify changing plans for the 97th Street and Metcalf Avenue redevelopment area. location in Johnson County have officially kicked off. Construction has begun on a new cafe for the Missouri-based chain in Overland Park. Panera officials did not immediately respond to...